University of Iowa apologizes after calling Bachmann a 'cougar'

The message was supposed to be a joke in reference to a recent cougar sighting in Iowa City. Bachmann rolled with the punches and said she's just grateful the school didn't call her 'the old lady in the shoe.'

The message was supposed to be a joke in reference to a recent cougar sighting in Iowa City. Bachmann rolled with the punches and said she's just grateful the school didn't call her 'the old lady in the shoe.'

The tight race at the top of the ticket will have no bearing on the Iowa Caucus results for Michele Bachmann. After taking the Iowa Straw Poll in August, Bachmann returned to Iowa to finish in sixth place. When asked by the Associated Press whether she would continue on her campaign manager said 'I don't know yet.'

Thousands of Christian students at the Virginia college had standing ovations and amens for the Republican hopeful. Bachmann quoted scripture and appealed to students to reject President Obama's policies, especially health-care reform.

A group of protesters, and one man dressed in a costume who called himself the "gay robot professor," heckled and chanted when Michele Bachmann rolled into the Hamburg Inn in Iowa City. Campaign officials reportedly cranked up the holiday music in an attempt to drown out the protesters, and things got a little bit heated between bystanders and hecklers.

Iowa state Sen. Kent Sorenson is throwing his support to Ron Paul's campaign. Sorenson had served as Bachmann's Iowa campaign chair for about a year and had appeared with Bachmann just hours before making his surprise announcement switching his allegiance.

The Sirius satellite radio host launched into a rant defending gay rights that included a reference to the Rolling Stone article about teen suicides in the Anoka-Hennepin school district. Stern says the Minnesota Congresswoman and Rick Santorum "are the two worst people on the planet."